Great Dixter, Rye

Name: Great Dixter
Address: Great Dixter High Park Close, Rye, TN31 6PH, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1797 252878

#1 among attractions in Rye

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Facts and practical information

Great Dixter is a house in Northiam, East Sussex, England. It was built in 1910–12 by architect Edwin Lutyens, who combined an existing mid-15th century house on the site with a similar structure brought from Benenden, Kent, together with his own additions. It is a Grade I listed building. The garden, widely known for its continuous tradition of sophisticated plantsmanship, is Grade I listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 184 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°59'48"N, 0°35'30"E

Address

Great Dixter High Park CloseRye TN31 6PH United Kingdom

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Day trips

Great Dixter – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bodiam Castle, Smallhythe Place, Sandhurst War Memorial, Powdermill Reservoir.

2.1 miW
Forts and castles, Historical place
Bodiam Castle, Robertsbridge
55 min walk • Bodiam Castle stands as an archetypal medieval fortress surrounded by a broad, serene moat in the heart of East Sussex, near the village of Robertsbridge, United Kingdom. This 14th-century castle, built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III...
5.5 miNE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Smallhythe Place, Tenterden
140 min walk • Smallhythe Place in Small Hythe, near Tenterden in Kent, is a half-timbered house built in the late 15th or early 16th century and since 1947 cared for by the National Trust.
2.4 miNW
Memorial
Sandhurst War Memorial, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
62 min walk • Sandhurst War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Sandhurst in Kent, south-eastern England, close to the border with East Sussex.
3.6 miS
Lake
Powdermill Reservoir, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
93 min walk • Powdermill Reservoir lies to the east of Sedlescombe, East Sussex, England. The reservoir provides water for Southern Water customers.
7.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Bedgebury Forest
189 min walk • Bedgebury Forest is a 10.5 square kilometres forest surrounding Bedgebury National Pinetum, near Flimwell in Kent. In contrast to the National Pinetum, which contains exclusively coniferous trees, the forest contains both deciduous and coniferous species.
7.1 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Sinden Theatre, Tenterden
181 min walk • The Sinden Theatre is located within the grounds of Homewood School in the heart of the Weald in Tenterden, Kent, England. It was opened in 2004 and is named after its patron, the actor and former local resident, the late Sir Donald Sinden CBE.
2.8 miSE
Park
Flatropers Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
72 min walk • Flatropers Wood is a 38-hectare nature reserve in Rye in East Sussex. It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. The wood is mainly oak and birch, but there are also areas of sweet chestnut and former plantations of Scots pine and beech.
4.1 miNE
Memorial
Rolvenden War Memorial
106 min walk • Rolvenden War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Rolvenden, Kent, in south-eastern England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was unveiled in 1922 and is today a grade II listed building.
5.1 miW
Church
Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, Robertsbridge
131 min walk • Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel is a former place of worship for Strict Baptists in Robertsbridge, a village in the district of Rother in the English county of East Sussex.
4.5 miS
Museum, Science museum
Brede Waterworks
116 min walk • Brede Waterworks is a waterworks at Brede, East Sussex, England. It was built to supply Hastings with drinking water. The waterworks still houses two of the three steam engines that were used to pump water from Brede to reservoirs at Fairlight and Baldslow.
5 miN
Forest
Parsonage Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
127 min walk • Parsonage Wood is a 9.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Cranbrook in Kent. It is owned and managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. This is an example of a woodland ghyll in the High Weald.